Archive for April 2nd, 2017

Anti-Semitic – definition: Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group. Merriam-Webster A person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile toward Jews. Dictionary.com I recently wrote an article that dealt with the Pharisees and Jesus judgment of them in comparison to some of today’s Church denominations and their actions. In this article, modern day Jews were not even mentioned – at all. Was the article mentioned an indictment of the Pharisees? Yes, it was, then again, even Jesus referred to the Pharisees as the children of Satan. So to say this article was anti-Semitic is to say: Jesus was wrong in His judgment of the Pharisees, or that I said things that I never said. I also mentioned that many of the Jews of Jesus time refused to believe in Him. Is this an indictment of the Jewish people as a whole? No I do not believe so, it is fact. Therefore, when I received […]

It looks like the House debate on how to replace Obamacare is open again, with pressure mounting on conservative members to support the legislation proposed by House Speaker Paul Ryan. Before members rush ahead, however, given the current pause in the bill’s passage, this appears an opportune moment to note a few of the major shortcomings in the legislation’s current iteration, and potential changes that would improve it dramatically. Get rid of the 30 percent premium hike for 12 months for those whose insurance lapses 63 days. The House-proposed legislation included this new mandate that looks too much like the individual mandate and will be used by the left and the right to hammer members for raising premium rates, particularly on the uninsured. When rates go up, Republicans will get blamed for the government-mandated penalty, and this provision will loom large. Moreover, it does nothing to incentivize uninsured to go […]

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Murder Incorporated: Taking Stock of the Culture of DeathThere is an untold side of the tragic murder of Richard Wilbur Collins III by Sean Christopher Urbanski. In 2012 Richard graduated from Annapolis Area Christian School where he was taught to view all of life through the lens of God’s Holy Word. He was taught that God created the Universe and

SOS: Speaking of Seniors – Is This Medicare Advantage Fraud?On May 25, 2017, I met at my office with a couple from Merrillville, Indiana. The wife’s medical bill problems were routine and simple for me to resolve. But, the husband’s medical bill issues were something that I had never seen in my over 14 years of helping seniors with Medicare related

Keeping Memorial Day MemorableWhat if I asked you, "Do you feel patriotic paying taxes to fund the central government's nationalization of the banks, the insurance industry, the automobile industry, the health care industry, and now local police forces or the use of the American military for unconstitutional and immoral,

We All Just Need To Co-Exist – You First!After the terror attack in Britain, Katy Perry pipes up in her ignorance and stated after the attack, “No barriers, no borders. We all need to co-exist.” Katy wants the world to co-exist. I say, “You first, Katy!” Ironically, in a display of hypocrisy, Katy Perry has a gated entrance to her

Ariana Grande and Salman Abedi: Both Deeply DeceivedIt goes without saying that the loss of the young lives in Manchester England is a tragedy of the highest order. Even though they were chasing a pop-culture pipe dream they were subject to the kind of treatment that no one should ever have to